For sheer drama off the bike, I don't think there's ever been a day like this in Am... [Read More]

Tracked on Apr 18, 2005 10:13:16 PM

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I was in a movie theater last summer when Tyler Hamilton abandonned le Tour. It was a fund raiser for the Tyler Hamilton foundation. There was not a dry eye in the house. I wish him the best of luck, but I think it's over for him. A courageous guy - anybody who could grit their teeth so hard that the *break them* is ok in my book.

I'm confused as to why his ban begins on April 18 and yet he must forfeit any results earned on or after the date of his positive test at on September 11, 2004 at the Vuelta. If his results must be forfeited, shouldn't his ban be retroactively dated to September 2004 too?